[sailorman3]

I use my bike a lot in the summer to ride back and forth to work. I usually get home aat about 4am and my ride is 40km on a highway that has a problem with moose. I really need the high beam but I get a very bad glare off my windsheild when the high beam indicator is on because it is so bright. The bike is a 1300T so the windsheild is on the correct angle. Is there another bulb that could be used that is a bit dimmer or is it a LED. Has anybody else had a problem with this? Thanks in advance.

 

[WoodyZ]

I hear people talk about this being an issue, but have never found it to be one for me. I have the Hondaline windshield and never noticed a glare. I have heard of people putting tape or cotton or whatever over the bulb. Good luck.

 

[Mondorah]

Open up the assembly and put a dab of black paint on the high beam indicator bulb. I did, and it still shines through just fine. Really made it bearable to view.


Ray

 

[Spoiler]

Yup, what they said... I did the cotton ball stuffed in the hole myself... works well.. BUT while you got the whole thing opened up though... you might as well change out the speedometer face to a custom one, then recalibrate your speedo needle, then put the dbl sided tape around the screw holes/screws to eliminate any future rattling...

4 mods in one for about $35 or so...

 

[Dennis Peacock]

I understand exactly what you are saying.!!!! I hate that bright blue light while riding at night.!!!! That is on my list for fixing that bright problem.

 

[yfx4]

How do you recalibrate the speedo needle?? I looked for a thread but couldn't find one.

 

[RRCCBB]

Yes that blue indicator it to freakin bright wearing a full face helmut i can see anything at night if i turn on the brights....

I will be doing these mods soon as well.....thanks spoiler

think i will do the black paint dot on top tho....

 

[On The Road Again!]

lol quick fix for me was a piece of duct tape over the light
Then I used some kind of "candy" nail polish the wife was using and that worked allowing the blue to come thru still (as already stated)

 

[wayne]

I cut the tip off a Q tip, and put in in there about 2003 and its still there, and you can still see the blue light.

 

[Donut]

How do you recalibrate the speedo needle?? I looked for a thread but couldn't find one.

You can use a common kitchen fork to get the needle off.

I used a permanent Sharpie pen/marker to darken the tip of the bulb.

 

[neonrt3]

I have a vinyl cutter and am planning on cutting some different colors in a circle and applying it to the glass. Want to see how much light, how big, and whatever else I can figure out... basically it'll be a 'sticker' to apply to the glass, no opening the speedo...

Then I'll open the speedo and do the same for the bulb, if I can get the exact diameter of the blue screen, I can probably do a white, or off white one to make it much more soft on the eyes at night..

Will report back when both are done.

 

[neonrt3]

Had some scrap vinyl and tested it. We'll see how well it works tonight.

 

[Cevulirn]

I pulled the spedo apart and put a couple layers of wax paper inside. Pretty much anything translucent will work, one way or another.

 

[Spoiler]

How do you recalibrate the speedo needle?? I looked for a thread but couldn't find one.

Take the speedo apart (use care not to touch the inside of the speedo glass as it's coated for fog protection, pop off the needle and put it back on slightly different than it came off, put all back together, and test ride it against your GPS... You should see how to adjust it so you are much closer than it was stock... that's how I did it...

I believe Eagleinthewind has a better way, but this worked for me... It did take me 4 tries though...

You will see that when you pop off the needle (I used a fork to pry mine up carefully) that the shaft that the needle mounts on will spin back about 100 degrees to the right... so when you put the needle back on you put it back on at about 105mph... then when you turn the key on it will go back to the zero point... You will have to play with this a few times to get it close enough to satisfy yourself...